²⁶ The Lord said, “If I find fifty ·good people [righteous] in the city of Sodom, I will ·save [spare] the whole ·city [^Lplace] because of them.”

²⁷ Then Abraham [^Lanswered and] said, “Though I am only dust and ashes, I have been brave to speak to the Lord. ²⁸ What if ·there are only forty-five good people [^Lfive of the fifty righteous are lacking] in the city? Will you destroy the whole city for the lack of five ·good people [righteous]?”

The Lord said, “If I find forty-five there, I will not destroy the city.”